Design Technologist

Full Time

Posted 6 years ago

Overview

The Amazon.com Universal Shopping Experience team (USX) is seeking a uniquely innovative and highly motivated Design Technologist (Prototyper) to bring to life bold concepts for the future of shopping. In this role, you will use a variety of tools and technologies to prototype new ways of interacting and shopping on the web and devices, with a variety of modalities. You’ll work with a small, highly capable team of designers, researchers and engineers in a studio environment, inventing and iterating on concepts that start and end with the customer. The ideal candidate will have an inventor’s spirit, an eye for detail, a can-do approach, and proficiency in a wide range of languages, platforms and technologies.

Responsibilities

Actively participate in concept development and design ideation as part of a small team.

Rapidly build and iterate prototypes that push the bounds of today’s computing to prove concepts and test ideas.

Develop polished, high-fidelity functional prototypes to prove and sell concepts to development teams and senior leadership.

Partner with engineering to ensure that interactive techniques and technologies translate through to shipping products and services.

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or related technical field (In lieu of degree, 4 years of relevant work experience).

At least 3 years’ experience as a key member of a UI design team participating in the complete product development lifecycle of successfully launched applications.

Proficiency in native mobile development and HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, with a strong grasp on Object-Oriented thinking.